Abstract Purpose of Review Here, we discuss the origin of chondrocytes, their destiny, and
their plasticity in relationship to bone growth, articulation, and formation of the trabeculae …

The acquisition of terrestrial, limb-based locomotion during tetrapod evolution has remained
a subject of debate for more than a century,. Our current understanding of the locomotor …

Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) sustain hematopoiesis throughout life. HSCs exit
dormancy to restore hemostasis in response to stressful events, such as acute blood loss …

Teleost fishes comprise one-half of all vertebrate species and possess a duplicated
genome. This whole-genome duplication (WGD) occurred on the teleost stem lineage in an …

Haematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs) require a specific microenvironment, the
haematopoietic niche, which regulates HSPC behaviour,. The location of this niche varies …

Recent advances in synchrotron imaging allow us to study the three‐dimensional (3D)
histology of vertebrate fossils, including microfossils (eg teeth and scales) of early jawed …

The transition from fish to tetrapod was arguably the most radical series of adaptive shifts in
vertebrate evolutionary history. Data are accumulating rapidly for most aspects of these …

Carbonate concretions are known to contain well-preserved fossils and soft tissues.
Recently, biomolecules (eg cholesterol) and molecular fossils (biomarkers) were also …

Patterns of growth throughout the lifetime of an animal reflect critical life history traits such as
reproductive timing, physiology, and ecological interactions. The ancestral growth pattern for …

Growth plate and articular cartilage constitute a single anatomical entity early in
development but later separate into two distinct structures by the secondary ossification …